Dual-energy MDCT for imaging the renal mass

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2015, Pages W640-W647

  Mileto, Achille ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Marin, Daniele ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy MDCT; Iodine map; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal cyst; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOENHANCEMENT; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RENOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHASE NEPHROGRAPHIC DUAL ENERGY IMAGING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION;

EID: 84937718128     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.14094     Document Type: Article

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